Daily Entries

Week 28/31, 9/1-finished calculating formulas for simple machines9/2-began building gears and gear trains9/3 -created compound gears trains that were more simple and easier to use9/4 -calculated the gear ratios and the total gear ratio of the gear train

Week 39/8 -began Final 1.1 Project9/9 -building a ski-lift9/10 -finished building ski-lift9/11 -started calculations for the mechanical machines used in the ski-lift

Week 910/19 - finished 2.1.7 activity and began 2.1.810/20 - studied/reviewed for the Midterm and took 2.1 quiz 10/21 - took the midterm for the 1st quarter on Unit 1 and Unit 2.110/22- worked on 2.1.8 and designed trusses on MD-Solids

Week 1010/26 - began to construct the 2.1.8 truss10/27 - worked on our presentation and constructed the 2.1.810/28 - finished building the truss10/29- tested the truss and started the portfolio for 2.1.810/30 - continued to work on 2.1.8 portfolio

Week 1111/2 - brought in 2 products and began 2.2.1 11/3 - worked on doing calculations for 2.2.1 and finished 2.2.111/4 - worked on 2.2.2-A and 2.2.3-A&B and finished both11/5- began 2.3.1 activity11/6- take the 2.2 quiz and finish 2.3.1 activity

Week 1211/9 - begin 2.4.1 activity and introduction to west point bridge designer11/10 - continued to build on the west point bridge designer11/12 - worked on our portfolio for 2.4.1 project11/13 - finished 2.4.1 project and portfolio

Week 1311/16 - start 3.1.111/17 - continued 3.1.111/18 - took the final test for Unit 211/19-finished 3.1.1 and started 3.1.211/20- finished 3.1.2 and also completed 3.1.3